CVE-2023-24809
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2023-24809 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-02-17 20:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-02-28 19:25:00 UTC |
| Description | NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-120
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetHack Call command buffer overflow · Advisory · NetHack/NetHack · GitHub | MISC | github.com | |
| NetHack 3.6.7: CVE-2023-24809 | MISC | nethack.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.